Flâneur Riga residency works

Inspired by the idea of flâneurism - seemingly aimless wanderings around the city - the Flâneur residency was designed for photography artists interested in developing work in and around urban space. The two artists selected for the programme - Alex F. Webb (UK) and Jonas Feige (DE) spent a month in Riga exploring the subject of contemporary city dwelling. Concluding the residency period Webb and Feige presented the work created during their stay in an unique installation, created in collaboration with the creative collective Orbita.

We are very pleased to announce the ISSP Riga Residency 2018 – an opportunity for photographers and artists using the medium of photography to develop work in Riga. Application deadline - 1st of March.

We are very excited to be a part of new European platform - PARALLEL, that brings together 18 European arts organisations, emerging artists and curators to promote a new quality standard for contemporary photography - the first of its kind co-funded by the European Platforms of Creative Europe.

We are happy to announce the Kuldīga Photography Residency 2017 - an opportunity for 3 photographers to develop work in Kuldīga, to our mind, the most wonderful of Latvian small towns and a UNESCO National Cultural Heritage site, already this fall! Application deadline: 2 June.

Happy to present the work created by artist Vika Eksta during her residency at Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, September - October 2016, as part of the project Alternative Storytelling.

Vika's video piece speaks about past and contemporary ways of archiving, also including conversations with people engaged in the practice. For the artist this was also her first personal encounter with Egypt – a country with a rich history and a complicated present.

Last week we had the chance to present the results of Alternative Storytelling - our collaboration project with Townhouse Gallery - in Villa Méditeranée, Marseille. The programme was developed thanks to the generous support of the Tandem Shaml programme!

We cordially invite you to the Flâneur residency presentation event featuring the works of Alex F. Webb and Jonas Feige created during their month long residency in Riga on 25 May at K.K.fon Stricka villa! The event is organised in collaboration with the Orbita collective.